There are tons of videos floating around the Interwebs showing people showing off their perfectly functioning coil guns – there is only one like Mehdi Sadaghdar’s. He walks viewers through the basic principles of coil guns, and is electrocuted, burned and shot along the way.

About the author: C. S. Magor

C.S. Magor is the editor-in-chief and reporter at large for Uberreview and We Interrupt. He currently resides in a sleepy basin town in the Japanese countryside - where both his bank balance and the lack of space in his home are testament to his addiction to all things shiny.